Jason

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[Meow’Dib loves The Odyssey @meowdib]

The trees moving and imprisoning some of the soldiers was the sickest thing I’ve ever seen and it isn’t even the coolest thing in The Odyssey

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

Christopher Nolan's ‘Oppenheimer’ released 3 years ago today

[not a hornets fan @BrosephSZN]

I’m crying man Elon Musk and his bot campaign tried to tell everyone to boycott this and it is going to make more money than THE DARK KNIGHT LMFAO

[Jason @ThaRealExploit]

💯 it taught people to not buy games. It’s running joke that Xbox players don’t buy games.

[Hunter 🎮 @NextGenPlayer]

Jason Schreier says Xbox studio leaders absolutely hate Game Pass

“There are a lot of people out there in studio leadership within Xbox who absolutely detest game pass and think it has destroyed the value of their games, think it has taken away the value from all games in general and has been a detriment to the games industry in those people's view, because of how it devalues games”

▶️ 29 minute mark: https://t.co/D4vlZBKhlL

[Jason @ThaRealExploit]

The revelation of Odysseus was so well done near the end. Antinous was terrified lol

[🌞I V ∀ ɹ🌞 @LaplaceTF]

are you Odysseus?💥🔥
mad stuff from Nolan ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

‘THE ODYSSEY’ debuts with 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.

• Christopher Nolan's highest rated film ever

Read our review: https://t.co/6uU3TlkUeM

[Jason @ThaRealExploit]

❄️🦇

[Jake Lucky🔜 GAMESCOM @JakeSucky]

Official trailer for SAW: Genesis

- 3v1 multiplayer horror
- Choose between the Accused or the Judge
- Set as a prequel, 100 years before Jigsaw
- Losing a limb can save your life...

[Jason @ThaRealExploit]

Good, leave last-gen in the dust. It’s been 6 years already.

[Dying Light @DyingLightGame]

After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision that Dying Light: The Beast will no longer be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Dying Light: The Beast was built from the ground up to take full advantage of current-generation hardware. Its open world, advanced visuals, and fluid combat and traversal all depend on processing power and memory that previous-generation consoles simply cannot provide. As development progressed, it became clear that bringing the game to those platforms would require compromises that would prevent us from delivering the experience we set out to create.
This was not a matter of choosing to leave those platforms behind. Rather, it reflected the technical realities of development and our commitment to delivering the best possible experience.

We know many of you were looking forward to playing on PS4 or Xbox One, and we are truly sorry for the disappointment this causes. Anyone who was expecting to play on either platform will be eligible for a refund.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support.

[MOUSE: P.I. For Hire @mousethegame]

MOUSE: P.I. For Hire's physical copies will not require an internet connection to play the game.

If you insert the disc/cartridge into an offline PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, or Nintendo Switch 2, the game will be playable.

If your console is connected to the internet, the latest update will be downloaded, which we recommend in order to install the latest quality of life improvements, bug fixes, and more.

We hope you enjoy your time in Mouseburg 🐭

[Jason @ThaRealExploit]

If purchasing is not ownership, then piracy is not theft

[RPCS3 @rpcs3]

Want to play your favorite PlayStation games? Use these emulators:

PS1: https://t.co/GaTEDc6GCO
PS2: https://t.co/7YAsgfcMp8
PS3: https://t.co/t6Nh3sn3D1
PS4: https://t.co/gqS10xHZwc
PSP: https://t.co/Vd3jt8roW8
PSV: https://t.co/4XfNt9qPdf

⚠️ A PS5 emulator does not yet exist!

[RPCS3 @rpcs3]

Want to play your favorite PlayStation games? Use these emulators:

PS1: https://t.co/GaTEDc6GCO
PS2: https://t.co/7YAsgfcMp8
PS3: https://t.co/t6Nh3sn3D1
PS4: https://t.co/gqS10xHZwc
PSP: https://t.co/Vd3jt8roW8
PSV: https://t.co/4XfNt9qPdf

⚠️ A PS5 emulator does not yet exist!

[Kalshi Film @Kalshi_Film]

THE ODYSSEY sells 150k tickets in initial presales for opening weekend domestic. In comparison, Oppenheimer sold 65k.

(via @Itsjat32)

[Jason @ThaRealExploit]

So sorry to hear this.

Thank you for your work on DOOM: The Dark Ages.

I loved it. Big fan of DOOM, it was a nice addition.

[Variety @Variety]

The first reactions for #TheOdyssey are mostly raves, with members of the film press praising Christopher Nolan's "spectacular epic" and hailing it as a "crowning cinematic achievement from one of the great filmmakers of our time.”

https://t.co/lf2syKxf8f

[ASHA @asha_shar]

This is an important email I sent today to all employees at XBOX:

Team,

We are beginning the most significant restructure in XBOX history. After careful consideration, I've made the difficult decision to reduce our team by approximately 3,200 throughout FY27. This will include approximately 1,600 role eliminations today, and in addition, four studios will leave XBOX to new management. I recognize that a year-long restructuring creates additional challenges. Unfortunately, it is not possible to make all the necessary changes in a single day, and I wanted to be direct about the scale.

I know this is painful. These changes will directly affect people who have poured their creativity into building XBOX. Many joined us through acquisitions, while others were recruited here, or sought us out because they loved this industry and loved XBOX. Today's decisions do not reflect their talent or dedication.

Our business today is not healthy. We are operating at margins that are 3–10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses. We entered Gen 9 with a smaller install base and a higher cost structure. To grow, we bet on Game Pass, multi-platform, and a broader portfolio of content. While those businesses have created meaningful value, they did not grow at the pace we expected. As that happened, our core business weakened, and we added more teams, more investment, and more time, hoping for a better outcome. And now the industry is facing the most severe hardware crisis in its history. We must reset XBOX.

First, we will reset our content portfolio.

Since 2018, we have aggressively expanded our studio portfolio while the number of games created each month across the industry now outpaces the last ten years combined. We now find ourselves competing not only with the largest publishers, but also with smaller independent studios. It is neither possible nor desirable to own every great independent studio. We have also learned that we are not the best home for every type of studio; in a typical year, we lost 64 cents for every dollar we invested. As we reset XBOX, we will help independent creators succeed by providing open development tools and audiences to realize their vision.

Compulsion Games and Double Fine Productions will return to management and transition to independent studios with their IP, catalog, and runway for their next games. Ninja Theory and Undead Labs have entered terms to join new ownership with funding to complete and grow Senua and State of Decay 3. In France, Arkane’s management is beginning required consultation with its Works Council to review potential strategic options.

We are also making reductions across other units, and in some cases, shifting investment to focus on higher priority projects. These changes vary in size across Activision, Bethesda/ZeniMax, Blizzard, King, Mojang, and XBOX Game Studios. None of our first party publicly announced games or projects are being cancelled as part of these reductions.

In addition, Mojang and King will now report directly to me. These two studios have increasingly become platforms and are our largest by monthly active players. They bring critical geographic, demographic, and differentiation to XBOX.

Second, we will reset our platform.

We know that great technology gets better when it gets simpler, not bigger. Today, in some parts of the company, work passes through as many as 14 layers of management. Our platform teams are 40% larger than they were at the start of this generation, even as our player base and playtime have declined. That complexity has slowed decisions, blurred accountability, and made it harder to deliver for players. As we reset XBOX, we will simplify.

We will reduce management layers to no more than 5, and where possible, 3. We will deliver success through a flatter organization that is built around makers (individual contributors focused on building), player-coaches (leaders who remain deeply involved in the work while developing their teams), and directly responsible individuals (DRIs) who own key decisions and outcomes. And we will streamline how we work across our tools, with a cleaner code base, shared services, and 50% reduced vendor spend.

Third, we are resetting how we operate.

As XBOX grew our headcount, we became more fragmented. Teams, studios, and functions often operate independently, and it became harder to work towards a shared goal, make the right tradeoffs, and get things done.

For the first time, we are establishing a Chief Operating Officer with end-to-end P&L responsibility across content, hardware, platform, and services. Helen Chiang has been promoted to this role and will report directly to me. Over nearly two decades at XBOX, Helen has helped build some of our most important businesses, from XBOX Live to leading Mojang and the Minecraft franchise. She will bring our businesses together under one operating model, making sure we make clear investment decisions, learn from our successes and failures, and hold ourselves accountable for results.

Thank you, Dave McCarthy, who is retiring after 17 years with XBOX. Dave has played a defining role in building the platform that millions of players rely on every day and has been a trusted partner through many of the biggest moments in XBOX's history. We wish him all the best.

These changes are about a bigger future for XBOX, not a smaller one. The next decade of gaming will be larger, more global, and more creative than anything we've seen before. This year, we'll invest as much in XBOX as we ever have, but we'll invest with greater focus, greater discipline, and greater clarity, all in service of making XBOX where the world plays and creates.

I want XBOX to be one of the few companies that entertains more than a billion people each day and gives everyone the opportunity to create and connect. I know we can achieve this goal. XBOX has many of the most beloved franchises in entertainment history, talented studios around the world, and we will return to growth in 2027.

History is full of companies that mistake longevity for inevitability. We will not be one of them.

Asha

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

Fans think Hideo Kojima predicted gaming's future after rediscovering a four year old post

He warned that paid digital games could become inaccessible years before PlayStation announced it would no longer sell physical discs

[HIDEO_KOJIMA @HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN]

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Eventually, even digital data will no longer be owned by individuals on their own initiative. Whenever there is a major change or accident in the world, in a country, in a government, in an idea, in a trend, access to it may suddenly be cut off.

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

I’m very glad birthright citizenship has been upheld.

But it is fucking insane that three Supreme Court justices just ruled that the President of the United States can change the Constitution with an executive order. Are you fucking kidding me? These people are hacks.

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

Rockstar’s decision to go digital-only for 'GTA VI' is a death sentence for the physical media industry. https://t.co/yBMTG4zL6y